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1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
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I love book lists. And if you also love book lists, books about books, you must have have this one also. It is the best looking bibliography out there with full color and author photos. I read a couple reviews of books I have read in order to evaluate the quality of the reviews. For Edith Wharton's 'House of Mirth' the review is spot-on. I wrote m... »
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The Life of Thomas More
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The Life of Thomas More is Peter Ackroyd's biography--from baptism to beheading--of the lawyer who became a saint. More, a noted humanist whose friendship with Erasmus and authorship of Utopia earned him great fame in Europe, succeeded Cardinal Wolsey as Lord Chancellor of London at the time of the English Reformation. In 1535, More was m... »
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The Lambs of London
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In the enthralling (literary fiction) historical novel, The Lambs of London, scribed by renowned British novelist and biographer Peter Ackroyd, the author hooks his readers on the discovery of a new dramatic script that might have been William Shakespeare's unknown literary treasure.
Set in London of the Romantic Period (late eighteenth/ea... »
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Shakespeare: The Biography
I'm surprised by the number of five-star reviews: I feel I'm being rather generous with four. This "biography" is a collection of very short chapters deal... »
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Voices from Dickens London (Voices from)
London holds a fascination in peoples' minds matched by few other cities. Michael Paterson's book is a wonderful introduction to 19th Century London, a su... »
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Chatterton
There is something Gothic about the novels of Peter Ackroyd. I sometimes feel as if I have stumbled into a dream. Maybe, this feeling arises from his conf... »
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London: The Biography
This book is at times very interesting. At times it is a chore to wade through the attempts to link places and times throughout history. The author real... »
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Blake: A Biography
William Blake, a London hosier's son, began having mystical visions at the age of eight and came to see his life as a revelation of eternity. While eking ... »
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